Installing the network license manager requires that the license server already be activated on the MathWorks website, and that you already have the license.lic file for this license and server. For R2019b or earlier, you will also require the File Installation Key.

If you see a screen called "Activated Servers" when you click the "Install and Activate" tab then your server is already active. For information on updating you License Manager, please refer to the following article:

Once you obtain the license file, and the file installation key for R2019b and earlier, you may proceed to the following instructions for installing the license manager using the MathWorks Installer and installing the license manager manually,

Using the installer to update the license manager is recommended for new license administrators. Compared to updating the license manager manually, it takes longer but is less error-prone.

(R2020a and later) Installing the license manager with the MathWorks installer

If you are serving multiple vendors from your FlexLM server, or you simply prefer to do things manually, the license manager can be updated without using the MATLAB installer. This is only recommended for experienced license administrators.

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I already have a FlexLM license server which is used for several FlexLM licensed products. Can I just download the Matlab vendor daemon? Does 2014b have any dependencies on a specific version of FlexLM?

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If you do not see the license manager in the product list then the license you have specified, either by signing in or using a File Installation Key, is not a network license. If you believe this is an error, please contact MathWorks support:

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I have never gotten the manual update process to work. I guess that flexnet_glxna64.zip file should be extracted from the main matlab path. If I do this, update the license file and run the license manager I get an error from the license manager. (License server system does not support this version of this feature. (-25,334))

This error occured when updateing r2017a license manager to r2017b without using the installation files for r2017b

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I find these instructions to be painfully inadequate, as the procedure leaves out lots of gaps. As a 30 year CS veteran and full professor, I can't follow these steps, and I've used MATLAB for 20+ years. Really, MATLAB needs to make this process simpler, and there is no reason at all why it requires going through so many hoops. I've installed hundreds of software packages, and cannot recall any that required so many steps.

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This tab no longer exists... I would like to setup a Network Based License with the LMTools provided with the Matlab Installation, but I don't know how to download the Concurrent License or how to link inside this tool...

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When I download the license.lic file it doesn't have a SERVER or DAEMON string. It has "LicenseNO: and HostID:" but no SERVER or DAEMON. Manually editing the lines into the file didn't work. I need to it to run on a port different than the standar 27000 port. For other flexlm licenses this was easy enough by edited the file.

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What would you need to do in order to manually update a new license file for a new server I assume all is needed is to add lines in the new license file downloaded to have the new server host ID and name with port